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No. 514,999. Patent ed Feb. 20,1894.-

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GARL'KLAUKE, on Mt'iNoHEBnRc, GERMANY.

SNOW-SHELTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 514,999, dated February 20, 1894.

Application filed December 23, 1892. Serial No. 456,176. (No model.) Patented in Belgium October 3, 1892, No. 101,590.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CARL KLAUKE, a subect of the King of Prussia, German Emperor, and a resident of Miincheberg, in the Province of Brandenburg, Kingdom of Prussia, Empire of Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Snow-Shelters for Railways, (for whichl have obtained a patent in Belgium, No. 101,590, dated Octo her 3, 1892,) of which the following is an exact specification. I

My invention relates to an improved snowshelter for railways, which will effectively preventthe accumulation of snow on the track and has the advantages, over the constructions hitherto used for the same purpose,of easy manufacture and installation, lightness, incombustibility and durability. I attain this object by making the snow shelter of a texture of zinked iron or steel bands and wires, cables or sheet metal strips of iron or steel.

In order that my invention may be fully understood, I will proceed to describe it specifically with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is an elevation of my improved snow-shelter; Fig. 2a sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 shows the arrangement of the device in connection with a railway.

Before explaining the proper construction of my improved snow-shelter, I will clearlyset forth the mode of its use by referring to Fig. 3 of the second sheet of drawings.

In the construction of a rail road it cannot be avoided, that some parts of the track are laid higher than the surrounding ground, other parts on the contrary aresituated lower, for instance if larger or smaller cuttings are made in the rising-ground and the rails laid in these cuttings. The first mentioned parts of the track remain perfectly free from any accumulations of snow and the parts situated between high and broad slopes, are thus protected by natural snow-shelters. Those parts of the railroad, however, which lie in flat out; tings'not higher than three to five feet are particularly exposed vt0 thedangerous accumulations of snow. Now, it is a well known matter, that the driving snow is preferably settled down at calm places, therefore artificial wind-screens are constructed, in order to produce the said calm and to prevent the accumulations of snow on the railroad to be protected. This is done in such a manner,

that a rank of piles is rammed in the ground at a distance of about thirty to sixty feet from the track and the snow-shelters are attached to these piles, as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. The snow, the direction of which is indicated by the arrows in Fig. 3, is thus accumulated at the shelters and the track protected from the snow drift. As the cultivated land withits fruits often lies close by the railway, the above said piles are generally driven I in before the beginning of the winter and the transportable snow-shelters secured thereto. In the beginning of the spring the shelters may be' removed again. My improved snow shelters are especially constructed for this purpose and principally adapted thereto on account of their lightness and easy'installation.

In carrying my invention into effect, Itake bands or strips a of zinked iron or steel,'the breadth of which may be varied as required, each of these strips or bandsa, being bent so as to form an undulating line, as will be seen in Fig. 2, where the bends are lettered b. The iron or steel bands or are plaited with iron or steel wires, cables or little staves of impregnated wood or strips as shown at c. It will be obvious that the bends of two adjoining bands a will face in opposite directions, that is to say, where one of the bands is bent forward, the other will be bent backward, and vice versa. The interweaving or plaiting of the bands and wires may be efiected in the usual manner. The metallic texture formed in this manner presents a very close surface, and is therefore very suitable for use as a snow shelter. texture is its incombustibility which will not only prevent it from being set on fire by sparks from the locomotive, but will make it especially useful in, preventing a conflagration of the grass, caused by these sparks, from spreading.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

Another advantage of this 1. A snow-shelter consisting of a texture of specification in the presence of two subscribbroad metal bands with a narrow metal weft, ing witnesses. substantially as herein described. J i

2. Asnow-shelter consisting of broad metal CARL KI AUKE' 5 bands interwoven with a weft of metal rope, Witnesses:

substantially as herein described. R. HERBICH,

In testimony whereof I have signed this E. SOHULTZE. 

